Photodiode, method for preparing the same, and electronic device

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to a photodiode, a method for preparing the same, and an electronic device. The photodiode includes: a first electrode layer and a semiconductor structure that are stacked, a surface of the semiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer having a first concave-convex structure; and a second electrode layer arranged on a surface of the semiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer, a surface of the second electrode layer away from the first electrode layer having a second concave-convex structure.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims a priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201910108010.X filed on Feb. 2, 2019, the disclosures of which areincorporated in their entirety by reference herein.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of photoelectric conversiontechnology, in particular, to a photodiode, a method for preparing thesame, and an electronic device including the photodiode.

BACKGROUND

A photodiode is a semiconductor device that converts received opticalsignals into electrical signals. At present, when the photodiode is inoperation, part of the light received thereby is reflected, resulting ina low conversion efficiency of the photodiode.

SUMMARY

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a photodiode, including:

a first electrode layer and a semiconductor structure that are stacked,in which a surface of the semiconductor structure away from the firstelectrode layer has a first concave-convex structure; and

a second electrode layer arranged on the surface of the semiconductorstructure away from the first electrode layer, in which a surface of thesecond electrode layer away from the first electrode layer has a secondconcave-convex structure.

Optionally, the semiconductor structure includes:

a first semiconductor layer arranged on a surface of the first electrodelayer; and

a second semiconductor layer arranged on a face of the firstsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, in which asurface of the second semiconductor layer away from the first electrodelayer has the first concave-convex structure;

in which one of the first semiconductor layer and the secondsemiconductor layer is a P-type semiconductor layer, and the other is anN-type semiconductor layer.

Optionally, the first semiconductor layer includes an N-type amorphoussilicon layer, the second semiconductor layer includes a P-typeamorphous silicon layer, and a surface of the P-type amorphous siliconaway from the first electrode layer has the first concave-convexstructure.

Optionally, the first semiconductor layer includes a P-type amorphoussilicon layer, the second semiconductor layer comprises an N-typeamorphous silicon layer, and a surface of the N-type amorphous siliconaway from the first electrode layer has the first concave-convexstructure.

Optionally, the semiconductor structure further includes an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer arranged between the N-type amorphous siliconlayer and the P-type amorphous silicon layer.

Optionally, the semiconductor structure further includes an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer, in which the first semiconductor layer includesa P-type amorphous silicon layer, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layeris located on a surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away fromthe first electrode layer, and a surface of the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer has a thirdconcave-convex structure formed by crystallizing amorphous silicon inits surface; in which the second semiconductor layer includes an N-typemetal oxide semiconductor layer arranged on a surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and asurface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from thefirst electrode layer has the first concave-convex structure.

Optionally, the semiconductor structure further includes an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer, in which the first semiconductor layer includesan N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer, and the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer is located on a surface of the N-type metal oxidesemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer; in which thesecond semiconductor layer includes a P-type amorphous silicon layerarranged on a surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away fromthe first electrode layer, and a surface of the P-type amorphous siliconlayer away from the first electrode layer has the first concave-convexstructure formed by crystallizing amorphous silicon in its surface.

Optionally, the semiconductor structure further includes an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer, in which the first semiconductor layer includesan N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer, the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer is located on a surface of the N-type metal oxidesemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, and the surfaceof the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrodelayer has a third concave-convex structure formed by crystallizingamorphous silicon in its surface; in which the second semiconductorlayer includes a P-type amorphous silicon layer arranged on a surface ofthe intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrodelayer, and a surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away from thefirst electrode layer has the first concave-convex structure.

Optionally, the first concave-convex structure, the secondconcave-convex structure, and the third concave-convex structure havesubstantially the same profile.

Optionally, the convexes in the first concave-convex structure, thesecond concave-convex structure, and the third concave-convex structurehave a height in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the firstelectrode layer in contact with the semiconductor structure in a rangefrom 30 nm to 80 nm, a maximum width in the direction parallel to thesurface of the first electrode layer in contact with the semiconductorstructure in a range from 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm, and a pitch between adjacentconvexes in a range from 0.1 μm to 0.4 μm.

Optionally, in the above photodiode, the second electrode layer is atransparent electrode layer.

In another aspect, the present disclosure also provides an electronicdevice including the photodiode described in any one of the above.

In yet another aspect, the present disclosure also provides a method forpreparing a photodiode, including:

preparing a first electrode layer;

preparing a semiconductor structure on a surface of the first electrodelayer, in which a first concave-convex structure is formed in a surfaceof the semiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer; and

depositing a second electrode layer on the surface of the semiconductorstructure away from the first electrode layer, in which a secondconcave-convex structure is formed on the surface of the secondelectrode layer away from the first electrode layer.

Optionally, the preparing the semiconductor structure on the surface ofthe first electrode layer includes:

preparing a first semiconductor layer on a surface of the firstelectrode layer; and

preparing a second semiconductor layer on a face of the firstsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, and forming thefirst concave-convex structure on the surface of the secondsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer;

in which one of the first semiconductor layer and the secondsemiconductor layer is a P-type semiconductor layer, and the other is anN-type semiconductor layer.

Optionally, the preparing the first semiconductor layer and the secondsemiconductor layer includes irradiating a surface of the secondsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer by a laser, sothat the surface of the second semiconductor layer away from the firstelectrode layer is crystallized to form the first concave-convexstructure.

Optionally, the method further includes preparing an intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer located between the N-type amorphous silicon layer and theP-type amorphous silicon layer.

Optionally, the preparing the first semiconductor layer and the secondsemiconductor layer includes:

preparing a P-type amorphous silicon layer on a surface of the firstelectrode layer;

preparing an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer on a surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer, andirradiating the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer awayfrom the first electrode layer by a laser, so that the surface of theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer iscrystallized to form a third concave-convex structure; and

depositing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer on the surface ofthe intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrodelayer, and forming the first concave-convex structure on the surface ofthe N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrodelayer.

Optionally, the preparing the first semiconductor layer and the secondsemiconductor layer includes:

preparing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer on a surface of thefirst electrode layer;

preparing an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer on a surface of theN-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrodelayer; and

depositing a P-type amorphous silicon layer on a surface of theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer,and irradiating the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer awayfrom the first electrode layer by a laser, so that the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer iscrystallized to form the first concave-convex structure.

Optionally, the preparing the first semiconductor layer and the secondsemiconductor layer includes:

preparing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer on a surface of thefirst electrode layer;

preparing an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer on a surface of theN-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrodelayer, and irradiating the surface of the intrinsic amorphous siliconlayer away from the first electrode layer by a laser, so that thesurface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the firstelectrode layer is crystallized to form a third concave-convexstructure; and

depositing a P-type amorphous silicon layer on a surface of theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer,and forming the first concave-convex structure in the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer.

Optionally, the preparing the P-type amorphous silicon layer, theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer, the N-type metal oxide semiconductorlayer and the second electrode layer includes:

sequentially depositing a P-type amorphous silicon thin film and anintrinsic amorphous silicon thin film that are stacked on a surface ofthe first electrode layer, and irradiating a surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon thin film away from the first electrode layer by alaser, so as to crystallize the surface of the intrinsic amorphoussilicon thin film away from the first electrode layer;

sequentially depositing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor thin filmand a second electrode layer thin film on the surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon thin film away from the first electrode layer, andpatterning the N-type metal oxide semiconductor thin film and the secondelectrode layer thin film, to form the N-type metal oxide semiconductorlayer and the second electrode layer; and

etching the P-type amorphous silicon thin film and the intrinsicamorphous silicon thin film by using the N-type metal oxidesemiconductor layer and the second electrode layer as a mask plate, toform the P-type amorphous silicon layer and the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer.

Optionally, the method further includes: washing the surface to becrystallized with an acidic solution before the crystallizing thesurface of the semiconductor layer; and/or washing the surface to becrystallized with an acidic solution after crystallizing the surface ofthe semiconductor layer.

Optionally, in the above method for preparing a photodiode, the secondelectrode layer is a transparent electrode layer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of the photodiodeaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 2a to 2e are schematic views showing the structures prepared byvarious steps in the method for preparing the photodiode according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a transmission electron micrograph showing the surface of thesemiconductor layer after the crystallizing the surface of thesemiconductor layer in the method according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIGS. 4a to 4b are scanning electron micrograph showing the surface ofthe transparent electrode layer before and after acid etching thesurface of the transparent electrode layer of the photodiode in therelated art.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to further illustrate the photodiode, the method for preparingthe same, and the electronic device provided by the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, the embodiments will be described in detailhereinafter in conjunction with the drawings. The following embodimentsof the present disclosure are merely used to explain the technicalsolutions of the present disclosure, but are not to be construed aslimiting on the present disclosure.

In the related art, the photodiode mainly includes: a semiconductorstructure; and a first electrode and a second electrode that arearranged on two opposite surfaces of the semiconductor structure,respectively. At least one of the first electrode and the secondelectrode is a transparent electrode, which serves as a window layer forreceiving light. The working principle of the photodiode is that lightis incident to the photodiode through the transparent electrode of thephotodiode. After the photodiode converts the received optical signalsinto electrical signals, and the electrical signals are output throughthe two electrodes of the photodiode.

The surface of the transparent electrode for receiving light isgenerally a substantially flat surface, so light is easily reflected bythe flat surface when it is incident to the transparent electrode,resulting in low photoelectric conversion efficiency of the photodiode.In the related art, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem of lowphotoelectric conversion efficiency, an acidic solution is generallyused to etch the surface of the transparent electrode for receivinglight, so that the surface is uneven, thereby having an effect onreducing reflection. However, this method has a relatively poorcontrollability to the microstructure, is more destructive to theelectrode film layer, and is prone to adversely affect the performanceof the photoelectric conversion diode.

Based on the above problems in the related art, the present disclosureprovides a photodiode, a method for preparing the same, and anelectronic device including the photodiode, which solve the problem oflow photoelectric conversion efficiency of the photodiode.

An embodiment according to the present disclosure provides a photodiode,including: a first electrode layer and a semiconductor structure thatare stacked; and a second electrode layer arranged on a surface of thesemiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer, in whichthe surface of the semiconductor structure away from the first electrodelayer has a first concave-convex structure, and the surface of thesecond electrode layer away from the first electrode layer has a secondconcave-convex structure.

Optionally, the second electrode layer is a transparent electrode layer.The visible light transmittance of the transparent electrode layer is70% or more. For example, when the transparent electrode layer is an ITOlayer having a thickness of 700 Å, the transmittance to visible light at400 nm is 70% or more.

In the above embodiment according to the present disclosure, whenexternal light is received through the transparent electrode layer, thelight is incident to the photodiode from the surface having the secondconcave-convex structure, and reduces the reflection effect of thetransparent electrode layer to light. Moreover, since a firstconcave-convex structure is formed on the surface of the semiconductorstructure receiving light, when the light is incident to thesemiconductor structure through the surface having the firstconcave-convex structure, the reflection effect of the semiconductorstructure on the light is further reduced. Therefore, the aboveembodiments according to the present disclosure can effectively reducethe reflection effect of the transparent electrode layer and thesemiconductor structure on light, so that light can be incident to thesemiconductor structure to the maximum extent, thereby improving theconversion efficiency of the photodiode. In addition, theabove-described embodiments according to the present disclosure avoidetching the surface of the transparent electrode layer for receivinglight by using an acidic solution in the related art, thereby avoidingdamage to the electrode layer due to the etching of the acidic solutionand adversely affecting the performance of the photoelectric conversiondiode.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a photodiode, including: a first electrode layer 41and a semiconductor structure 2 that are stacked; and a transparentelectrode layer 42 arranged on a surface of the semiconductor structure2 away from the first electrode layer 41, in which the surface of thesemiconductor structure 2 away from the first electrode layer 41 has afirst concave-convex structure 31, and the surface of the transparentelectrode layer 42 away from the first electrode layer 41 has a secondconcave-convex structure 32.

When the above photodiode is prepared, the first electrode layer 41 maybe firstly formed on the substrate 1, then the semiconductor structure 2may be prepared on the surface of the first electrode layer 41 away fromthe substrate 1, the first concave-convex structure 31 may be formed inthe surface of the semiconductor structure 2 away from the firstelectrode layer 41, and finally the transparent electrode layer 42 maybe formed on the surface of the semiconductor structure 2 on which thefirst concave-convex structure 31 is formed, so that the surface of thetransparent electrode layer 42 away from the first electrode layer 41can form a second concave-convex structure 32. The first electrode layer41 may be an opaque electrode. Both the size of the semiconductorstructure 2 and the first concave-convex structure 31 formed thereon canbe set according to actual needs. For example, the size of thesemiconductor structure 2 is set so that its orthogonal projection onthe substrate 1 is surrounded by the orthogonal projection of the firstelectrode layer 41 on the substrate 1. For example, the size of thefirst concave-convex structure 31 is set, so as to completely cover thesurface of the semiconductor structure 2 away from the first electrodelayer 41, The size of the transparent electrode layer 42 can also be setaccording to actual needs. For example, the size of the transparentelectrode layer 42 is set to completely cover the first concave-convexstructure 31, or the size of the transparent electrode layer 42 is setto cover a part of the first concave-convex structure 31.

When the photodiode of the above embodiment is in operation, light isincident to the photodiode from the surface of the transparent electrodelayer 42 having the second concave-convex structure 32, and incident tothe semiconductor structure 2 through the surface of the semiconductorstructure 2 having the first concave-convex structure 31. After thesemiconductor structure 2 converts the received light into an electricalsignal, the electrical signal is output through the two electrodes ofthe photodiode.

According to the specific structure, preparation process and workingprocess of the above photodiode, in the photodiode according to theembodiment of the present disclosure, the first concave-convex structure31 is formed in the surface of the semiconductor structure 2 away fromthe first electrode layer 41, and the second concave-convex structure 32is formed in the surface of the transparent electrode layer 42 away fromthe first electrode layer 41, thereby reducing the reflection effect ofthe transparent electrode layer 42 and the semiconductor structure 2 onlight. Therefore, the photodiode according to the embodiment of thepresent disclosure can maximize the incidence of light to thesemiconductor structure 2, thereby improving the photoelectricconversion efficiency of the photodiode. In addition, the embodiments ofthe present disclosure avoid damage to the electrode layer caused byetching the transparent electrode layer using an acidic solution in therelated art.

In some embodiments, the above-mentioned semiconductor structure 2 mayspecifically include: a first semiconductor layer arranged on thesurface of the first electrode layer; and a second semiconductor layerarranged on the surface of the first semiconductor layer away from thefirst electrode layer.

In the following embodiment, the surface of the second semiconductorlayer away from the first electrode layer has a first concave-convexstructure, and one of the first semiconductor layer and the secondsemiconductor layer is a P-type semiconductor layer and the other is anN-type semiconductor layer. In more detail, the above-mentionedsemiconductor structure 2 may specifically include the following twostructures. The first structure is characterized in that thesemiconductor structure 2 includes a P-type semiconductor layer arrangedon the surface of the first electrode layer, and an N-type semiconductorlayer arranged on the surface of the P-type semiconductor layer awayfrom the first electrode layer. The second structure is characterized inthat the semiconductor structure 2 includes an N-type semiconductorlayer arranged on the surface of the first electrode layer, and a P-typesemiconductor layer arranged on the surface of the N-type semiconductorlayer away from the first electrode layer.

The above semiconductor structure 2 is provided including an N-typesemiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer, so that thesemiconductor structure 2 is formed with a PN junction. Moreover, inorder to facilitate receiving the incident light, the area of the PNjunction can be made as large as possible. After light (i.e.,energy-carrying photons) is incident to the PN junction through thetransparent electrode layer of the photodiode, it can transfer energy tothe bound electrons on the covalent bond in the PN junction, so thatsome electrons can escape from the covalent bond, thereby generating anelectron-hole pair. The electron-hole pair participates in the driftingmovement under the action of reverse voltage, and makes the reversecurrent significantly increase. The greater the intensity of light, thegreater the reverse current generated.

In some embodiments, the first semiconductor layer includes a P-typeamorphous silicon layer, the second semiconductor layer includes anN-type amorphous silicon layer, and the surface of the N-type amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer has a firstconcave-convex structure. Specifically, when the semiconductor structureof the above structure is prepared, a P-type amorphous silicon layer maybe first prepared on the surface of the first electrode layer; then anN-type layer may be prepared on the surface of the P-type amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and the surface ofthe N-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layeris irradiated by a laser, so that the surface of the N-type amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer is crystallized toform a first concave-convex structure.

In some embodiments, the first semiconductor layer includes an N-typeamorphous silicon layer, the second semiconductor layer includes aP-type amorphous silicon layer, and the surface of the P-type amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer has a firstconcave-convex structure. Specifically, when the semiconductor structureof the above structure is prepared, an N-type amorphous silicon layermay be first prepared on the surface of the first electrode layer; thena P-type amorphous layer may be prepared on the surface of the N-typeamorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer, the surfaceof the P-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrodelayer is irradiated by a laser, so that the surface of the P-typeamorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer iscrystallized to form a first concave-convex structure.

For the above two embodiments, when a P-type amorphous silicon layer oran N-type amorphous silicon layer is prepared, an amorphous silicon thinfilm may be formed firstly, and then the amorphous silicon thin film isdoped accordingly, to form a corresponding P-type amorphous siliconlayer or N-type amorphous silicon layer.

In addition, when the P-type amorphous silicon layer or the N-typeamorphous silicon layer is crystallized by a laser, the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer or the N-type amorphous silicon layerirradiated by the laser can form regularly arranged convexes, that is,the first concave-convex structure, so that the P-type amorphous siliconlayer or the N-type amorphous silicon layer is formed as a film layerhaving an anti-reflection effect. Therefore, in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer orthe N-type amorphous silicon layer is crystallized by a laser, so thatthe P-type amorphous silicon layer or the N-type amorphous silicon layerhas an anti-reflection effect, and does not need to damage thesemiconductor structure, thereby ensuring the performance of thephotodiode.

Optionally, the semiconductor structure according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure may further include an intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer arranged between the N-type amorphous silicon layer andthe P-type amorphous silicon layer.

Specifically, an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is arranged betweenthe N-type amorphous silicon layer and the P-type amorphous siliconlayer, so that the semiconductor structure is formed as a PIN junction.When the photodiode adopts the structure of the semiconductor structure2, it has the advantages of small junction capacitance, short transittime, high sensitivity, etc. In more detail, the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer is generally an N-type semiconductor layer with a lowdoping concentration (for example, an N-type amorphous silicon layer).The intrinsic semiconductor layer introduced in the PN junctionincreases the thickness in a direction perpendicular to the surface ofthe first electrode layer 41 in contact with the semiconductor structure2. This not only increases the width of the depletion region of thesemiconductor structure, but also it almost occupies the entiredepletion region, so that most of the incident light is absorbed in theintrinsic semiconductor layer and generates a large number ofelectron-hole pairs, while the thickness of the N-type amorphous siliconlayer and the P-type amorphous silicon layer on both sides of theintrinsic semiconductor layer in the direction perpendicular to thesurface of the first electrode layer in contact with the semiconductorstructure 2 is thinner, and the proportion of the absorbed incidentlight is small. Therefore, the influence of diffusion motion is reduced,and the response speed of the photodiode is improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the semiconductor structure 2according to the above embodiment further includes an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer 21. Therefore, the first semiconductor layer 2includes a P-type amorphous silicon layer 20, an intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer 21, and an N-type amorphous silicon layer 22 that arestacked. The intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21 is located on thesurface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer 20 away from the firstelectrode layer 41, and a surface layer 211 of the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer 21 away from the first electrode layer 41 is crystallizedto form a third concave-convex structure 33. The second semiconductorlayer includes an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 arranged onthe surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21 away from thefirst electrode layer 41, and the surface of the N-type metal oxidesemiconductor layer 22 away from the first electrode layer 41 has thefirst concave-convex structure 31. Optionally, the first concave-convexstructure 31 has substantially the same profile as the thirdconcave-convex structure 33.

Specifically, when the semiconductor structure 2 includes the P-typeamorphous silicon layer 20, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21,and the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 that are sequentiallystacked on the first electrode layer 41, the surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon layer 21 away from the first electrode layer 41 isirradiated by a laser, so that the surface of the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer 21 away from the first electrode layer 41 is crystallizedto form a third concave-convex structure 33. Then, a thinner P-typeamorphous silicon layer with grain boundary convexes 210 is formed onthe surface layer 211 of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away fromthe first electrode layer 41. Then, an N-type metal oxide semiconductorlayer 22 is deposited on the surface of the P-type amorphous siliconlayer away from the first electrode layer 41, so that the surface of theformed N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 away from the firstelectrode layer 41 has a first concave-convex structure 31. Finally, atransparent electrode layer 42 is formed on the surface of the N-typemetal oxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer 41,so that the surface of the formed transparent electrode layer 42 awayfrom the first electrode layer 41 has a second concave-convex structure32.

In view of this, the above embodiments of the present disclosure reducethe reflection of incident light by forming concave-convex structures onthe surfaces of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21, the N-typemetal oxide semiconductor layer 22, and the transparent electrode layer42. Therefore, the above embodiments of the present disclosure canfurther effectively improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency ofthe photodiode, and enable the photodiode to achieve a highersignal-to-noise ratio. In addition, the above embodiment of the presentdisclosure achieves various manners of reducing the reflection ofincident light without adding an additional patterning process, and doesnot damage the semiconductor structure 2.

In some embodiments, the semiconductor structure further includes anintrinsic amorphous silicon layer. The first semiconductor layerincludes an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer, and the intrinsicamorphous silicon layer is located a surface of N-type metal oxidesemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer; the secondsemiconductor layer includes a P-type amorphous silicon layer arrangedon the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from thefirst electrode layer, and a surface of the P-type amorphous siliconlayer away from the first electrode layer has a first concave-convexstructure.

Specifically, when the semiconductor structure of the above structure isprepared, an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer may be firstprepared on the surface of the first electrode layer, then an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer is prepared on the surface of the N-type metaloxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, and thena P-type amorphous silicon layer is prepared on the surface of theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer,and the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away from thefirst electrode layer is irradiated by a laser, so that the surface ofthe P-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layeris crystallized to form regularly arranged convexes, that is, firstconcave-convex structure. The P-type amorphous silicon layer is formedas a film layer having an anti-reflection effect, and the transparentelectrode layer formed on the surface of the P-type amorphous siliconlayer away from the first electrode layer also has a concave-convexstructure having the same or similar profile, that is, the secondconcave-convex structure, so that the transparent electrode layer alsohas an anti-reflection effect.

In the above method, the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layeris crystallized by a laser, so that the P-type amorphous silicon layerhas an anti-reflection effect, and does not need to damage thesemiconductor structure, thereby ensuring the working performance of thephotodiode.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronicdevice, including the photodiode of any of the above embodiments.

The electronic device according to the embodiment of the presentdisclosure includes the light emitting diode according to any of theabove embodiments, so that the electronic device also has the abovebeneficial effects, which will not be repeated herein.

An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a method forpreparing a photodiode, that is used to prepare the photodiode accordingto any of the above embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 2a to 2e , the methodincluding:

preparing a first electrode layer 41;

preparing a semiconductor structure 2 on a surface of the firstelectrode layer 41, in which a first concave-convex structure 31 isformed in a surface of the semiconductor structure 2 away from the firstelectrode layer 41; and

depositing a second electrode layer 42 on the surface of thesemiconductor structure 2 away from the first electrode layer 41, inwhich a second concave-convex structure 32 is formed in the surface ofthe second electrode layer 42 away from the first electrode layer 41.

Specifically, the first electrode layer 41 may be prepared on thesubstrate 1 using a conductive material. The degree of transparency ofthe first electrode layer 41 is not limited. Then, a semiconductorstructure 2 is prepared on a surface of the first electrode layer 41,and a first concave-convex structure 31 is formed in a surface of thesemiconductor structure 2 away from the first electrode layer 41. Itshould be noted that both the size of the semiconductor structure 2 andthe first concave-convex structure 31 formed thereon can be setaccording to actual needs. Finally, a transparent electrode layer 42 isprepared on the surface of the semiconductor structure 2 in which thefirst concave-convex structure 31 is formed, and the transparentelectrode layer 42 continues the profile of the first concave-convexstructure to form a concave-convex structure, that is, a secondconcave-convex structure 32 is formed in the surface of the transparentelectrode layer 42 away from the first electrode layer 41. The size ofthe transparent electrode layer 42 can also be set according to actualneeds.

In the method for preparing the photodiode according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the first concave-convex structure 31 is formedin the surface of the semiconductor structure 2 away from the firstelectrode layer 41, and the transparent electrode layer 42 prepared onthe surface of the semiconductor structure 2 in which the firstconcave-convex structure 31 is formed can form the second concave-convexstructure 32. When external light is received through the transparentelectrode layer 42, the reflection effect of the transparent electrodelayer 42 and the semiconductor structure 2 on light is reduced.Therefore, the photodiode according to the embodiment of the presentdisclosure can maximize the incidence of light to the semiconductorstructure 2, thereby improving the photoelectric conversion efficiencyof the photodiode. Moreover, the provision of the concave-convexstructure on both the surfaces of the semiconductor structure 2 and thetransparent electrode layer 42 avoids the etching of the surface of thetransparent electrode layer 42 by using an acidic solution in therelated art, thereby avoiding damage to the electrode layer due to theetching of the acidic solution and adversely affecting the performanceof the photoelectric conversion diode. Therefore, the method ofpreparing the photodiode according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure is a non-destructive solution.

Optionally, the preparing the semiconductor structure on the surface ofthe first electrode layer specifically includes:

preparing a first semiconductor layer on a surface of the firstelectrode layer; and

preparing a second semiconductor layer on a surface of the firstsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, and forming thefirst concave-convex structure in the surface of the secondsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer.

Optionally, one of the first semiconductor layer and the secondsemiconductor layer is a P-type semiconductor layer, and the other is anN-type semiconductor layer. Specifically, the semiconductor structureprepared by the above method includes the following two structures.

The first structure is characterized in that the semiconductor structureincludes a P-type semiconductor layer arranged on the surface of thefirst electrode layer, and an N-type semiconductor layer arranged on thesurface of the P-type semiconductor layer away from the first electrodelayer.

The second structure is characterized in that the semiconductorstructure includes an N-type semiconductor layer arranged on the surfaceof the first electrode layer, and a P-type semiconductor layer arrangedon the surface of the N-type semiconductor layer away from the firstelectrode layer.

The above semiconductor structure is provided including an N-typesemiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer, so that thesemiconductor structure is formed with a PN junction. After light isincident to the PN junction through the transparent electrode layer ofthe photodiode, it can transfer energy to the bound electrons on thecovalent bond in the PN junction, so that some electrons can escape fromthe covalent bond, thereby generating an electron-hole pair. Theelectron-hole pair participates in the drifting movement under theaction of reverse voltage, and makes the reverse current significantlyincrease. The greater the intensity of light, the greater the reversecurrent generated.

In some embodiments, the preparing the first semiconductor layer and thesecond semiconductor layer may specifically include: preparing an N-typeamorphous silicon layer on the surface of the first electrode layer; andpreparing a P-type amorphous silicon layer on the surface of the firstelectrode layer away from the N-type amorphous silicon layer, andirradiating the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away fromthe first electrode layer by a laser, so that the surface of the P-typeamorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer iscrystallized to form a first concave-convex structure.

In other embodiments, the above preparing the first semiconductor layerand the second semiconductor layer may specifically include: preparing aP-type amorphous silicon layer on the surface of the first electrodelayer; preparing an N-type layer on the surface of the P-type amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and irradiating thesurface of the N-type amorphous silicon layer away from the firstelectrode layer by a laser, so that the surface of the N-type amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer is crystallized toform a first concave-convex structure.

For the above two embodiments, when a P-type amorphous silicon layer andan N-type amorphous silicon layer is prepared, an amorphous silicon thinfilm may be formed firstly, and then the amorphous silicon thin film isdoped accordingly, to form a corresponding P-type amorphous siliconlayer and N-type amorphous silicon layer.

In addition, when the P-type amorphous silicon layer or the N-typeamorphous silicon layer is crystallized by a laser, the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer or the N-type amorphous silicon layerirradiated by the laser can form regularly arranged convexes, that is,the first concave-convex structure, so that the P-type amorphous siliconlayer or the N-type amorphous silicon layer is formed as a film layerhaving an anti-reflection effect. Therefore, in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer orthe N-type amorphous silicon layer is crystallized by a laser, so thatthe P-type amorphous silicon layer or the N-type amorphous silicon layerhas an anti-reflection effect, and does not need to damage thesemiconductor structure, thereby ensuring the working performance of thephotodiode.

Optionally, the preparation method according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure may further include preparing an intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer between the N-type amorphous silicon layer and the P-typeamorphous silicon layer. Specifically, the intrinsic amorphous siliconlayer is generally an N-type amorphous silicon layer with a low dopingconcentration. When the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is prepared,the amorphous silicon layer may be formed first, and then doped with lowconcentration ions, to form the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer. Inmore detail, an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is arranged betweenthe N-type amorphous silicon layer and the P-type amorphous siliconlayer, so that the semiconductor structure is formed as a PIN junction.When the photodiode adopts such structure of the semiconductorstructure, it has the advantages of small junction capacitance, shorttransit time, high sensitivity, etc.

In some embodiments, the preparing the first semiconductor layer and thesecond semiconductor layer may further specifically include:

preparing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer on a surface of thefirst electrode layer;

preparing an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer on a surface of theN-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrodelayer; and

depositing a P-type amorphous silicon layer on a surface of theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer,and irradiating the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer awayfrom the first electrode layer by a laser, so that the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer iscrystallized to form the first concave-convex structure.

Specifically, when the semiconductor structure of the above structure isprepared, an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer may be firstprepared on the surface of the first electrode layer, then an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer is prepared on the surface of the N-type metaloxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, and thena P-type amorphous silicon layer is prepared on the surface of theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer,and the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away from thefirst electrode layer is irradiated by a laser, so that the surface ofthe P-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layeris crystallized to form regularly arranged convexes, that is, firstconcave-convex structure. The P-type amorphous silicon layer is formedas a film layer having an anti-reflection effect, and the transparentelectrode layer formed on the surface of the P-type amorphous siliconlayer away from the first electrode layer continues to form a same orsimilar concave-convex structure, that is, the second concave-convexstructure, so that the transparent electrode layer also has ananti-reflection effect.

In the above method, the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layeris crystallized by a laser, so that the P-type amorphous silicon layerhas an anti-reflection effect, and does not need to damage thesemiconductor structure, thereby ensuring the working performance of thephotodiode.

In other embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the preparing the firstsemiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer may furtherspecifically include:

preparing a P-type amorphous silicon layer 20 on a surface of the firstelectrode layer 41;

preparing an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21 on the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer 20 away from the first electrode layer41, and irradiating the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer21 away from the first electrode layer 41 by a laser, so as tocrystallize the surface of the amorphous silicon layer 21 away from thefirst electrode layer 41; and

depositing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 on the surfaceof the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21 away from the firstelectrode layer 41, in which a first concave-convex structure 31 isformed in the surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22away from the first electrode layer 41.

Specifically, when the semiconductor structure 2 includes the P-typeamorphous silicon layer 20, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21,and the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 that are sequentiallystacked on the first electrode layer 41, the surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon layer 21 away from the first electrode layer 41 isirradiated by a laser, so that the surface of the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer 21 away from the first electrode layer 41 is crystallized.Then, a thinner P-type amorphous silicon layer with grain boundaryconvexes 210 is formed on the surface of the intrinsic amorphous siliconlayer away from the first electrode layer 41, in which regularlyarranged convexes 210 are formed in the surface of the P-type amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer 41. Then, an N-typemetal oxide semiconductor layer 22 is deposited on the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer 41,so that the formed N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 cancontinue the morphology of the convexes 210 produced by P-type amorphoussilicon layer, and the surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductorlayer 22 away from the first electrode layer 41 has the firstconcave-convex structure 31. Finally, a transparent electrode layer 42is formed on the surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer22 away from the first electrode layer 41, so that the surface of theformed transparent electrode layer 42 away from the first electrodelayer 41 continues the first concave-convex structure 31, so as to formthe second concave-convex structure 32. Optionally, the firstconcave-convex structure 31 and the second concave-convex structure havethe same or similar convex profile.

It should be noted that the thinner P-type amorphous silicon layer withgrain boundary convexes 210 has a light absorption coefficient lowerthan that of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, so the formedthinner P-type amorphous silicon layer with grain boundary convexes 210will not enhance the attenuation of incident light, and is moreconducive to increasing the amount of incident light.

Likewise, the above preparation method according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure forms the regularly arranged convexes 210 bycrystallizing the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21 bya laser, so that the surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductorlayer 22 away from the first electrode layer 41 continues to be formedwith a first concave-convex structure 31, and the surface of thetransparent electrode layer 42 away from the first electrode layer 41continues to be formed with a second concave-convex structure 32,thereby realizing the surfaces of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer21, the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 and the transparentelectrode layer 42 for receiving light to be uneven, and achieving theeffect of an incident light anti-reflection layer. Therefore, theembodiments of the present disclosure can effectively improve thephotoelectric conversion efficiency of the photodiode, thereby enablingthe photodiode to achieve a higher signal-to-noise ratio. Moreover, theabove manner of realizing the effect of the incident lightanti-reflection layer does not need to increase the patterning process,and does not cause damage to the semiconductor structure 2, whichensures the working performance of the photodiode.

It can be seen from the foregoing embodiments that the preparationmethod according to the embodiments of the present disclosure is notonly applicable to photodiodes having a metal oxide heterojunction, butalso applicable to conventional photodiodes including only an amorphoussilicon homojunction.

In the above embodiments, before the crystallization operation by laser,an acidic solution (for example, a low concentration of hydrofluoricacid) may be used to wash the surface of the film layer to becrystallized, so as to ensure the crystallization effect. Moreover,after the crystallization operation, the surface of the crystallizedfilm layer can also be washed with an acidic solution, so as to removeimpurities generated during the crystallization process.

For example, when the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is irradiated bya laser, silicon oxide (SiOx, where 0<x≤2) is easily generated on thesurface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer, and the crystallizedsurface of intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is washed by an acidicsolution, thereby being capable of removing the silicon oxide SiO_(x)produced, which is more conducive to ensuring a good crystallizationeffect.

Optionally, when the semiconductor layer is crystallized by a laser, thesize of the convexes 210 generated on the crystallized surface of thefilm layer can be controlled by adjusting the irradiation speed andenergy density of the laser. For example, the formed convex 210 may havea height in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the firstelectrode layer 41 in contact with the semiconductor structure 2 in arange from 30 nm to 80 nm, a maximum width in the direction parallel tothe surface of the first electrode layer 41 in contact with thesemiconductor structure 2 in a range from 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm, and a pitchbetween adjacent convexes 210 in a range from 0.1 μm to 0.4 μm.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2a to 2e , the above preparing the P-typeamorphous silicon layer 20, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21,the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22, and the transparentelectrode layer 42 specifically include the following steps.

As shown in FIG. 2a , a P-type amorphous silicon thin film 70 and anintrinsic amorphous silicon thin film 80 that are stacked in sequenceare formed on the surface of the first electrode layer 41. As shown inFIG. 2b , the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film 80away from the first electrode layer 41 is irradiated with a laser 90. Asshown in FIG. 2c , the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon thinfilm 80 away from the first electrode layer 41 is crystallized to form athird concave-convex structure 33. In FIG. 2c , the straight linebetween the intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film 80 and the convex 210represents a schematic cross-sectional line of the interface between thecrystallized and uncrystallized semiconductor layers. In practice, thecross section of the interface is not straight, but it is only forillustration herein.

As can be seen from the TEM image shown in FIG. 3, the thirdconcave-convex structure 33 formed in the surface of the intrinsic layerby the crystallization method of the embodiment of the presentdisclosure has uniform convexes. Not only on the intrinsic layer, butalso on the N-type semiconductor layer (oxide semiconductor layer oramorphous silicon semiconductor layer) or P-type semiconductor layer,the uniform convexes as shown in FIG. 3 can be formed.

In contrast, the related art often uses an acid to etch the transparentoxide electrode to form convexes, so as to achieve the effect ofanti-reflection. This method is to immerse the deposited electrode thinfilm (such as ZnO) directly in an acidic solution (such as HCl). Becauseprocess parameters such as immersing time and temperature are difficultto control uniformly, the uniformity of the formed convexes is not good,and the size of is a range from a few micrometers to a few micrometers.For example, as shown in the scanning electron micrographs of FIGS. 4aand 4b , the size of the convexes formed in the surface of thetransparent electrode is uneven. Moreover, the acid is extremelycorrosive and has strong corrosivity to the transparent electrode,thereby destroying the electrode performance. In the method of thepresent disclosure, the laser crystallization method does not causedamage to the electrode, and thus is a non-destructive solution.

As shown in FIGS. 2d and 2e , an N-type metal oxide semiconductor thinfilm 50 and a transparent electrode thin film 60 that are stacked insequence are deposited on the surface of the intrinsic amorphous siliconthin film 80 away from the first electrode layer 41. Then, the N-typemetal oxide semiconductor thin film 50 and the transparent electrodethin film 60 are patterned to form the N-type metal oxide semiconductorlayer 22 and the transparent electrode layer 42.

As shown in FIG. 2e , the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 andthe transparent electrode layer 42 are used as masks, the P-typeamorphous silicon thin film 70 and the intrinsic amorphous silicon thinfilm 80 are etched to form a P-type amorphous silicon layer 20 and theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21. Thus, the photodiode shown in FIG.1 is prepared.

Specifically, the P-type amorphous silicon thin film 70 may be firstformed on the surface of the first electrode layer 41, and the intrinsicamorphous silicon thin film 80 may be formed on the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon thin film 70 away from the first electrodelayer 41. Then, the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film80 away from the first electrode layer 41 is irradiated by a laser, sothat the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film 80 awayfrom the first electrode layer 41 is crystallized to form aconcave-convex structure 33 with uniform convexes 210. Then, an N-typemetal oxide semiconductor material is deposited on the surface of theintrinsic amorphous silicon thin film 80 away from the first electrodelayer 41 to form an N-type metal oxide semiconductor thin film 50. Then,a transparent conductive material made from a transparent electrode thinfilm 60 is deposited on the surface of the N-type metal oxidesemiconductor thin film 50 away from the first electrode layer 41. In adirection perpendicular to the surface of the first electrode layer 41in contact with the semiconductor layer, the transparent electrode thinfilm 60 overlaps the N-type metal oxide semiconductor thin film 50.Next, a photoresist is formed on the surface of the transparentelectrode thin film 60 away from the first electrode layer 41, and thephotoresist is exposed using a mask plate to form a photoresist reservedregion and a photoresist removal region. The photoresist reserved regioncorresponds to the region in which the N-type metal oxide semiconductorlayer 22 and the transparent electrode layer 42 are located, and thephotoresist removal region corresponds to the region other than theregion in which the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 and thetransparent electrode layer 42 are located. The photoresist located inthe photoresist removal region is removed by a developing solution, andthe N-type metal oxide semiconductor thin film 50 and the transparentelectrode thin film 60 located in the photoresist removal region areetched, so as to remove the N-type metal oxide semiconductor film 50 andthe transparent electrode thin film 60 in the photoresist removalregion, thereby forming the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22and the transparent electrode layer 42, Finally, the photoresist locatedin the photoresist reserved region is stripped.

There are various types of N-type metal oxide semiconductor materialsthat can be selected. For example, a multiple material of indium,gallium, zinc and oxygen can be selected, such as indium gallium zincoxide (IGZO); or a multiple material of indium, gallium, zinc and oxygendoped with different contents of tin (Sn) can be selected, such asIGZTO.

Optionally, after the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer 22 and thetransparent electrode layer 42 are formed, the N-type metal oxidesemiconductor layer 22 and the transparent electrode layer 42 can bedirectly used as a mask plate for dry etching the P-type amorphoussilicon thin film 70 and the intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film 80,so as to form a P-type amorphous silicon layer 20 and an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer 21.

The above method for preparing the P-type amorphous silicon layer 20 andthe intrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21 can not only realize thesimultaneous formation of the P-type amorphous silicon layer 20 and theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer 21 through a single patterningprocess, but also directly use the N-type metal oxide semiconductorlayer 22 and the transparent electrode layer 42 as a mask plate forpatterning the P-type amorphous silicon thin film 70 and the intrinsicamorphous silicon thin film 80. Therefore, this method avoids separatelypreparing a mask plate for patterning the P-type amorphous silicon thinfilm 70 and the intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film 80, therebysimplifying the preparing process flow of the photodiode and saving thepreparation cost. In addition, the above method for preparing the N-typemetal oxide semiconductor layer 22 and the transparent electrode layer42 can realize the simultaneous formation of the N-type metal oxidesemiconductor layer 22 and the transparent electrode layer 42 through asingle patterning process, thereby further simplifying the preparingprocess flow of the photodiode and saving the preparation cost.

Unless otherwise defined, technical terms or scientific terms usedherein have the normal meaning commonly understood by one skilled in theart in the field of the present disclosure. The words “first”, “second”,“third”, and the like used herein does not denote any order, quantity,or importance, but rather merely serves to distinguish differentcomponents. The “including”, “comprising”, and the like used in thepresent disclosure means that the element or item appeared in front ofthe word encompasses the element or item and their equivalents listedafter the word, and does exclude other elements or items. The word“connected” or “connecting” and the like are not limited to physical ormechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whetherdirect or indirect. “On”, “under”, “left”, “right” and the like are onlyused to represent relative positional relationships, and when theabsolute position of the described object is changed, the relativepositional relationship may also be changed, accordingly. When anelement, such as a layer, film, region, or substrate, is referred to asbeing “on” or “under” another element, the element may be directly “on”or “under” another element, or there may be an intermediate element. Inthe above embodiments, the specific features, structures, materials orfeatures may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or moreembodiments or examples.

The above description is merely the optional embodiment of the presentdisclosure, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limitedthereto. Moreover, any person skilled in the art would readily conceiveof modifications or substitutions within the technical scope of thepresent disclosure, and these modifications or substitutions shall alsofall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore,the protection scope of the present disclosure should be determined bythe scope of the claims.

1. A photodiode, comprising: a first electrode layer and a semiconductorstructure that are stacked, wherein a surface of the semiconductorstructure away from the first electrode layer has a first concave-convexstructure; and a second electrode layer arranged on the surface of thesemiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer, wherein asurface of the second electrode layer away from the first electrodelayer has a second concave-convex structure.
 2. The photodiode of claim1, wherein the semiconductor structure comprises: a first semiconductorlayer arranged on a surface of the first electrode layer; and a secondsemiconductor layer arranged on a face of the first semiconductor layeraway from the first electrode layer, wherein a surface of the secondsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer has the firstconcave-convex structure; wherein one of the first semiconductor layerand the second semiconductor layer is a P-type semiconductor layer, andthe other is an N-type semiconductor layer.
 3. The photodiode of claim2, wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises an N-type amorphoussilicon layer, the second semiconductor layer comprises a P-typeamorphous silicon layer, and a surface of the P-type amorphous siliconaway from the first electrode layer has the first concave-convexstructure.
 4. The photodiode of claim 2, wherein the first semiconductorlayer comprises a P-type amorphous silicon layer, the secondsemiconductor layer comprises an N-type amorphous silicon layer, and asurface of the N-type amorphous silicon away from the first electrodelayer has the first concave-convex structure.
 5. The photodiode of claim3, wherein the semiconductor structure further comprises an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer arranged between the N-type amorphous siliconlayer and the P-type amorphous silicon layer.
 6. The photodiode of claim2, wherein the semiconductor structure further comprises an intrinsicamorphous silicon layer; wherein the first semiconductor layer comprisesa P-type amorphous silicon layer, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layeris located on a surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away fromthe first electrode layer, and a surface of the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer has a thirdconcave-convex structure formed by crystallizing amorphous silicon inits surface; wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises an N-typemetal oxide semiconductor layer arranged on a surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and asurface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from thefirst electrode layer has the first concave-convex structure.
 7. Thephotodiode of claim 2, wherein the semiconductor structure furthercomprises an intrinsic amorphous silicon layer; wherein the firstsemiconductor layer comprises an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer,and the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer is located on a surface of theN-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from the first electrodelayer; wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a P-typeamorphous silicon layer arranged on a surface of the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and a surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer hasthe first concave-convex structure formed by crystallizing amorphoussilicon in its surface.
 8. The photodiode of claim 2, wherein thesemiconductor structure further comprises an intrinsic amorphous siliconlayer; wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises an N-type metaloxide semiconductor layer, the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer islocated on a surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer awayfrom the first electrode layer, and the surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer has a thirdconcave-convex structure formed by crystallizing amorphous silicon inits surface; wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a P-typeamorphous silicon layer arranged on a surface of the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer away from the first electrode layer, and a surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer hasthe first concave-convex structure.
 9. The photodiode of claim 6,wherein the first concave-convex structure, the second concave-convexstructure, and the third concave-convex structure have substantially thesame profile.
 10. The photodiode of claim 9, wherein the convexes in thefirst concave-convex structure, the second concave-convex structure, andthe third concave-convex structure have a height in a directionperpendicular to a surface of the first electrode layer in contact withthe semiconductor structure in a range from 30 nm to 80 nm, a maximumwidth in the direction parallel to the surface of the first electrodelayer in contact with the semiconductor structure in a range from 0.1 μmto 0.5 μm, and a pitch between adjacent convexes in a range from 0.1 μmto 0.4 μm.
 11. The photodiode of claim 1, wherein the second electrodelayer is a transparent electrode layer.
 12. An electronic devicecomprising the photodiode of claim
 1. 13. A method for preparing aphotodiode, comprising: preparing a first electrode layer; preparing asemiconductor structure on a surface of the first electrode layer,wherein a first concave-convex structure is formed in a surface of thesemiconductor structure away from the first electrode layer; anddepositing a second electrode layer on the surface of the semiconductorstructure away from the first electrode layer, wherein a secondconcave-convex structure is formed on the surface of the secondelectrode layer away from the first electrode layer.
 14. The method ofclaim 13, wherein the preparing the semiconductor structure on thesurface of the first electrode layer comprises: preparing a firstsemiconductor layer on a surface of the first electrode layer; andpreparing a second semiconductor layer on a surface of the firstsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer, and forming thefirst concave-convex structure in the surface of the secondsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer; wherein one ofthe first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is aP-type semiconductor layer, and the other is an N-type semiconductorlayer.
 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the method comprisesirradiating a surface of the second semiconductor layer away from thefirst electrode layer by a laser, so that the surface of the secondsemiconductor layer away from the first electrode layer is crystallizedto form the first concave-convex structure.
 16. The method of claim 15,wherein the method further comprises preparing an intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer located between the N-type amorphous silicon layer and theP-type amorphous silicon layer.
 17. The method of claim 14, wherein thepreparing the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductorlayer comprises: preparing a P-type amorphous silicon layer on a surfaceof the first electrode layer; preparing an intrinsic amorphous siliconlayer on a surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away from thefirst electrode layer, and irradiating the surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer by a laser,so that the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away fromthe first electrode layer is crystallized to form a third concave-convexstructure; and depositing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer onthe surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the firstelectrode layer, and forming the first concave-convex structure in thesurface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer away from thefirst electrode layer.
 18. The method of claim 14, wherein the preparingthe first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layercomprises: preparing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer on asurface of the first electrode layer; preparing an intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer on a surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layeraway from the first electrode layer; and depositing a P-type amorphoussilicon layer on a surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer awayfrom the first electrode layer, and irradiating the surface of theP-type amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer by alaser, so that the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer awayfrom the first electrode layer is crystallized to form the firstconcave-convex structure.
 19. The method of claim 14, wherein thepreparing the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductorlayer comprises: preparing an N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer ona surface of the first electrode layer; preparing an intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer on a surface of the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layeraway from the first electrode layer, and irradiating the surface of theintrinsic amorphous silicon layer away from the first electrode layer bya laser, so that the surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layeraway from the first electrode layer is crystallized to form a thirdconcave-convex structure; and depositing a P-type amorphous siliconlayer on a surface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon layer away fromthe first electrode layer, and forming the first concave-convexstructure in the surface of the P-type amorphous silicon layer away fromthe first electrode layer.
 20. The method of claim 16, wherein thepreparing the P-type amorphous silicon layer, the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer, the N-type metal oxide semiconductor layer and the secondelectrode layer comprises: sequentially depositing a P-type amorphoussilicon thin film and an intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film that arestacked on a surface of the first electrode layer, and irradiating asurface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film away from the firstelectrode layer by a laser, so that the surface of the intrinsicamorphous silicon thin film away from the first electrode layer iscrystallized; sequentially depositing an N-type metal oxidesemiconductor thin film and a second electrode layer thin film on thesurface of the intrinsic amorphous silicon thin film away from the firstelectrode layer, and patterning the N-type metal oxide semiconductorthin film and the second electrode layer thin film, to form the N-typemetal oxide semiconductor layer and the second electrode layer; andetching the P-type amorphous silicon thin film and the intrinsicamorphous silicon thin film by using the N-type metal oxidesemiconductor layer and the second electrode layer as a mask plate, toform the P-type amorphous silicon layer and the intrinsic amorphoussilicon layer.
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